OFFICIAL PROGRAM FOR BROADWAY IN DETROIT AT THE FISHER THEATRE SCENES Setting: Presents The McCandless Cabin, Lake Belle Reve, Mississippi, 1967 and 2007; the Dreamland Café. ACT I “That’s Me” ................................................................................................................The Shape “That’s Who I Am” ............................................................................................................. Anna “So Goddamn Smart” ............................................................................... Andy, Jack and Jenna “Wrong Wrong Wrong About Me” .............................................................................The Shape “Brotherly Love” ..............................................................................................Drake and Frank “How Many Days” ..........................................................................................Joe and Ensemble “Home Again” ............................................................... Jenna, Andy, Jack, Dan and Ensemble “Monique’s Song” ..........................................................................................................Monique Written by Music & Lyrics by Musical Direction by “My Name Is Joe” ....................................................................................................... Young Joe STEPHEN JOHN T BONE “Tear This Cabin Down” ...................................................................................... Full Company There will be one 15-minute intermission. KING MELLENCAMP BURNETT ACT II with “Lounging Around in Heaven”...................................................................................The Shape “Tear This Cabin Down” (Reprise) ......................................Dan, Angie, Jenna, Andy and Jack BILLY BURKE GINA GERSHON “And Your Days Are Gone” .................................................. Andy, Jack, Jenna and Ensemble “On Belle Reve Time” ...................................................................................................Monique Susan V. Booth .............................................. Director “Jukin’ ” .................................................................................. Jenna, Andy, Jack and Ensemble Steven Cohen .............................Set & Lighting Design “Put Me in the Ground” .............................................Jack, Andy, Frank, Drake and Ensemble Laura Stanczyk ................................. Casting Director “What Kind of Man Am I” .............................................................................Joe and Ensemble Daniel Pelzig...................................... Choreographer “Away From This World” .............................................................. Jenna, Angie, and Ensemble Peggy Still Johnson ................... Musical Score Copyist “A Rose for Poor Anna”...................................................................................................... Anna Tina Burns ..............................................Vocal Coach “Truth” .................................................................................................................. Full Company his extraordinary collaboration, 15 years WHO’S WHO in the making, is a haunting tale of fra- CAST Tternal love, lust, jealousy and revenge, Joe McCandless ...............................................................................................BILLY BURKE performed by an ensemble cast of 16 actors Monique McCandless .................................................................................. GINA GERSHON and a four-piece live band, comprised of The Shape........................................................................................................ JAKE LA BOTZ members of John Mellencamp’s band. The Zydeco Cowboy/Ensemble ................................................................................ JESSE LENAT staging of Ghost Brothers is an amalgam Drake McCandless...............................................................................................JOE TIPPETT of different styles—both old fashioned, re- Frank McCandless .......................................................................................LUCAS K AV N ER sembling an old-style radio show, and yet, Anna Wicklow ................................................................................................ KYLIE BROWN modern and unique in its interactive use of Dan Coker .......................................................................................................... ERIC MOORE storytelling, music and singing to move the Andy McCandless ........................................................................................... TRAVIS SMITH macabre Ghost Brothers story forward. T Bone Burnett, John Mellencamp, Stephen King Jack McCandless ..........................................................................................PETER ALBRINK A malevolent Shape circles the stage, sing- Jenna Farrell..................................................................................................... KATE FERBER ing about heaven and hell. Joe McCandless STEPHEN KING (Libretto) made his first profes- Young Joe ........................................................................................................ZAC BALLARD lingers in the Dreamland Café, remembering sional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Angie/Featured Ensemble Vocalist .........................................................CARLENE CARTER the events of his life. Joe is urged to action by Stories. He has since published more than 100 short Newt Hoggenbeck/Ensemble ...................................................................................JOE JUNG stories and 50 books and has become one of the the friendly bartender. In 2007, he goes to his world’s most successful writers. There have been 52 Ensemble ........................................................................................................GWEN HUGHES family cabin in Darkland County, Mississip- film adaptations of his novels and short stories, no- Ensemble ...........................................................................................................ROB LAWHON pi, where his brothers died in 1967, to tell his tably Stand By Me, Misery, Shawshank Redemption own sons Frank and Drake his tale of broth- and The Green Mile, and a television series based erly love gone sour. Frank and Drake’s rela- on his novel Under The Dome. Throughout his ca- reer, Stephen has taken on innovative challenges and BAND tionship is also under strain. Drake stayed made publishing history such as being the first well- Guitar, Vocal Arrangements, Music Supervisor .................................................ANDY YORK home after high school to play in a local band known writer to publish e-books and the only writer Percussion ..........................................................................................................DANE CLARK while working as a mechanic. Frank, a col- to have six books on the New York Times best-seller Upright Bass........................................................................................................... JON E. GEE lege boy, is about to get rich after selling the list in the same week. He has received numerous paperback rights to his novel. Anna, Frank’s literary awards including being the 2003 recipient Keyboards & Harmonica ............................................................................ TROYE KINNETT of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distin- girlfriend, used to be with Drake. Monique, guished Contribution to American Letters. Stephen the boys’ mother, tries to find a way for them lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist all to get along. With his sons at each other’s Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a throats, Joe’s story will save or destroy the number of charities, including many libraries, and McCandless family. have been honored locally for their philanthropic 2 3 WHO’S WHO Drive Angry, which was directed by Patrick Lussier KYLIE BROWN (Anna Wicklow) returns author of the critically acclaimed NYC productions and co-starred Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard. Ad- to the stage after having previously ap- of Fish Eye and Carnival Kids. Great to be back in activities. King is still busy writing, his most recent ditional motion picture credits include Forfeit, Feast peared in the Alliance Theatre production Ghost town after originating the role of Frank at the novel is Revival, released in November 2014. of Love, Untraceable, and the Leonardo DiCaprio- of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. Alliance, and in last year’s concert tour. JOHN MELLENCAMP (Music and Lyrics). Mel- produced dark fantasy film, Red Riding Hood. Other Atlanta credits include Spring JAKE LA BOTZ (The Shape). After lencamp’s career in music, spanning more than 35 Burke’s other appearances in TV include “Law & Awakening (Wendla). As a vocalist Kylie dropping out of school at 15, Jake La Botz years, has seen him transition from pop star to one of Order,” “The Closer,” “The Boys,” and the mystery has performed with Serenbe Playhouse and the At- hit the road, frequenting punk rock shows, the most highly regarded songwriters of a generation. series, “Fringe.” In addition, he made recurring ap- lanta Symphony Orchestra in Oklahoma!, Kid’s hobo camps, and libraries. He found em- The Voice of The Heartland continues to evolve artis- pearances on several well-known series, including Holiday Concerts and the